Topic: Poverty and hunger
UN expert calls for an ambitious social Europe, says COVID must spark rethink
Blog / 7th May 2021Over 90 million people across the EU live at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Yet the Union's current action plan doesn't come near to the pledge of ‘no poverty’ made at the United Nations.
Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high
News / 5th May 2021The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, according to the findings of an annual report by the Global Network Against Food Crises.
Let’s end the insanity of colossal military spending during a global health emergency
Blog / 4th May 2021Imagine what could be achieved if just a portion of the money spent on military expenditures were pooled into a global fund, and redirected towards ending hunger and massively investing in public health systems.
NGOs urge rethink over military spending
Blog / 26th April 2021UK campaigning organisations are urging the government to rethink its military spending decisions in the light of the pandemic and the climate emergency.
Governments should give single day's military spending to fight hunger
News / 21st April 2021Aid organisations call on governments to give a single day’s military spending to fight hunger. Only 26 hours of global military spending is enough to cover the $5.5 billion needed to help most at risk.
Confronting global apartheid demands global solidarity
Article / 20th April 2021The “inequality pandemic” calls for a new social contract, but it will not happen unless millions around the world mobilise to make it a reality, write Imani Countess and William Minter for The US−Africa Bridge Building Project.
Second edition of STWR's flagship book now available: ‘Heralding Article 25’
News / 31st March 2021Share The World’s Resources (STWR) have released a revised second edition of the campaigning book by Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi, titled 'Heralding Article 25: A people's strategy for world transformation'.
Vaccine nationalism is patently unjust
Article / 26th March 2021Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill. It is perhaps the worst display of national selfishness in modern history, writes Nanjala Nyabola for the Nation.
Acute hunger set to soar in over 20 countries, warn FAO and WFP
News / 26th March 2021Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report on hunger hotspots.
A moral failure: billions of people with no access to clean drinking water
Article / 23rd March 2021As the UN commemorates World Water Day, Volkan Bozkir - President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly - highlights the moral failure of providing this most basic need to all.